Daily Republican., 1887-07-12
ANorHEs YAoar pIsAsrER.
The Mystery Ospsizsd sud over Thirty
Persops ase Drowsed-Childrsn Lost
Before tne Eyes of their Parents.

The Mystery Ospsizsd sud over Thirty
Persop a aee Drowned-Childrs Lost
Before tne Eyes OF their Parents.
NEW YORK, July IL In all the his
tory of disaster on the treacherous
shoals OF Jamaica Bay there 10 none
that equals In horror that of last night
when tbe sloop Mystery went down of
Barren Island with over forty souls on
board. OF these but ten live TO tell the
to OF the frigh:ful scenes that attended
the tragic affair.
STORY OF THE DISASTER.
The sloop had started to come about,
but the bigness Of her load caused de
lay. Then . tquall struck her. Over
she went, and men, womtn and chil.
dren were thrown into the water. The
tug gbost q. e. Dean WAS not far from
the Mystery when she capslzsd, aud
Captain Rhode directed her h.sd
towards the unfortunate excursion
lists There was . party OF plea
sure seekers from the Sixth ward Oh
board the Dean, among them Detectives
Murphy and Cry sal Of the Eliz Abeth
stree, polios.
Toe Mystery was In the chaunsl when
the squall struck her, and the 1g had
to round part OF Barren island to reach
her. AyAchs that had star ted out with
ths M Mvstery from the xcursion grounds
at RI fiis Bar, and was nea, her when
she upset, made no effort to 60 10 her
rescue. Her crew. seemingly parsly zed
with terror, had let down her sail and
thrown out IN anchor.
When the Dean arrived o little boat,
manned by Andrew Robinson, q negro,
who had rowed out from BAH rem Island
and picked mp Ave women and two
men, was struggling against the strong
tide. The Dean took his load on board
and then drew near the My stery. hich
was nearly submerged. Two little
girls, unconscious or dead, were picked
up on the way, and then the body Of q
woman was taken from the water. A
young man In . white flannel shlrt
Jumped overheard from the De aud
Iived several times under the slOop In
IN effort to SEIZURE bodies.
The Dean headed for the Canarsie
whsrf, about three miles away. Efforts
wtre male to revive the uncor scious
| ~oman and the two girls, and 1t was
found that they were dead. The rescued
women were by steIical, and at timt
AIN ost frantic. Their cries could be
heard on the shore as the tug drew
near.
Five women, cryiIg and wrinRina
heir hands, we're helped from the ting
On the ior~ard deck could be eeen the
bodies of The dead won an and the two
little girls stretched side by side, theiI
white dresses clinginR 10 them like
| shrouds. The women and CHI dreu on
the wharf cried In sympathy, and where
| 10 usio and laughter had been q moment
before were tears and wailing. Then
the train thundertd In and most of the
crowd scrsm bled on 1t.
The party was mainly from the East
eru Distri,t Of Brooklyn. and was
known ss the Crescent Yacht dub. II
Was nominal organic stion simply fOI
the purposes OF cbowder party or pio
nic, and in the depth OF grief and hor.
ror thai the acc dent has plunged its
members they are scarcely able to tel
the particulars of the make up Of tbeiI
Iown party. The number OF invited
| 2uests, known only to the persons who
extendtd the invitations and not to the
others, makes it impossible even yet to
give list of the passengers OF the i'll.
fated yacht